Turkish History

George Washington The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy. Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11: The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. Thomas Jefferson Letter to his nephew, Peter Carr, August 10, 1787: Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there…

Turks & Kurds have a very violent recent history. The Iraqi Kurds happen to control the oil-rich Mosul area, which has been producing oil since WWI. Turkish intervention will be to crush Kurdish moves towards independence, since that will likely lead to Turkish Kurds breaking away to join their Iraqi kin, and the Iranian Kurds won t be far behind. One of the prime human rights complaints against the Turks has been its treatment of its Kurdish minority(who are not even allowed to speak their language in public). Some reforms are being reluctantly…